HOUSE OF LORDS - United Kingdom Parliament

have arisen in only two cases in the courts since 1945. 1 All privilege of
peerage is lost upon a disclaimer under the Peerage Act 1963.
HUMAN RIGHTS
12.15 Section 6(1) of the Human Rights Act 1998, which provides that
“It is unlawful for a public authority to act in a way which is incompatible
with a Convention right”, does not apply to the House or its committees,
or to a person exercising functions in connection with a proceeding in
parliament. 2
PARLIAMENTARY COPYRIGHT
12.16 Sections 165–7 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
created a new form of copyright, known as “parliamentary copyright”.
Such copyright exists in:
bills;
select committee reports;
any other work made by or under the direction or control of
either House of Parliament.
12.17 Parliamentary copyright in a public bill belongs in the first instance
to the House into which the bill was introduced, and once the bill has
reached the second House, to both Houses jointly. It subsists from the
time the bill is handed in to the House in which it is introduced, and
ceases on Royal Assent, or the withdrawal or rejection of the bill, or the
end of the session.
12.18 Parliamentary copyright in a private bill belongs to both Houses
jointly from the time the bill is first deposited in either House.
Parliamentary copyright in a personal bill belongs first to the House of
Lords (since it is the practice to introduce such bills into that House first),
and when the bill reaches the House of Commons to both Houses
jointly. Acts and Measures once enacted are subject to Crown copyright.
12.19 Literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work made by or under the
direction of either House is subject to parliamentary copyright for 50
1 Stourton v Stourton [1963] 1 All ER 366; Peden International Transport, Moss Bros, The
Rowe Veterinary Group and Barclays Bank plc v Lord Mancroft (1989).
2 Human Rights Act 1998 s. 6(3).
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